Calendar and memorandum stand



Dec. 19, 1933. F. s. SCHADE CALENDAR AND MEMORANDUM STAND Filed March 21, 1953 IN VEN TOR. FRANK 5.5mm:

BY I a M A TTORNEYS.

Patented Dec. 19, 1933 I AN] "MEMORANl)lll /I s'rAnn. FrankS; Schade, Holyoke, Mass, assignor to a National Blank Book company, Holyoke, Mass,

ac'orporation of Massachusetts i i f amass March 21,1933, SerialNo.661,910. v

I 5 Claims. (Cl. -120) This invention relates to. anlimproved loose leaf holder of the type used with; calendar and memorandum sheets. W 1- The features of the invention consist in particular details ofconstruction..that.:provide an improved holder for the user and onethat is especiallyadaptedffor glow cost of production. These features and advantages can be understood best from' the specific disclosure. in the drawing and following description.

Fig. 1 is a view of the completed holder as it would appear on. a desk butwithout any sheets.

on the binder rings; Fig. 2 is a view of the under side of the holder; Fig. 3 is a side view; and Fig. l is a cross-section on line 44 of Fig. 1. The. holder shown is made out of one stamped metalpiece except for the binder rings and the toggle plates of the loose leaf structure. The front flange is conveniently made in the form of a gutter 2 for pen or pencil. The rear flange 3 is longer and has a backwardly turned flange to serve as a foot 4. The side edges are provided with turned down flanges 5 and 6. Made in this yet appear to be as it isa sturdy and strong stand.

But I do. not claim any features of the sheet metal stand apart from the loose leaf structure and the manner in which the latter is incorporated' into the stand. The principal feature of my invention is in the conception of cutting the fiatface 1 of the stand so that parallel ears '7 and 8 may be bent out of the planeof the face to complete a spring plate 9 of ring binder loose leaf structure integral withthe stand. There is moreadvantage in this than the mere saving of material. By getting the back of the spring plate 9 in the same or substantially the same plane as that face 1 of the stand used for supporting the loose leaves in flat inclined position, a better operating relation is obtained. This is due to the fact that the sheets are held by the binder structure in used as the equivalent of toggle plates) on the bottom side of the stand holder. Then the rings 12 extend through the holder to the topside. This places the rings in the most desirable position for turning the loose leaves of a pad from one side to the other. This position is for thevertical quadrant of the rings to be holding the the holder or stand.

way, the stand may be of quite thin metal and loose; leaves'of the pads as they rest on the flat faceof the holder. From thispositionthe' leaves can be turnedfrom one side. of the holder to-the M other and all the edges will be more nearly arranged in a vertical plane. The leaves are thus 50 I less liable to cramp in turning operations and theylie in better flatpad formation l The advantages I have mentioned and other advantages result from the structure shown. It will'be readily apparent that the holder has the 6.5 important advantage of simplicity in construction. This simplicity is emphasized in appearance by having the rings appear as the only part i of the loose leaf structure showing from the top. side of the holder. The fact is that the spring back 9 of the loose leaf structure shows also, but such fact is not at an. apparent or suggested in looking at the top side. Such back appears to be merely a central part of the flat top plate l'of I prefer to press out a bead 13 along the center line of the spring back plate 9 to stiffen the plate along this line and between the openings 14 through which the. rings extend from below.

This bead 13, will normally lie between the two pads on the rings.

While I have shown the ring binder structure arranged centrally in parallel relation to the side edges of the holder, itwill be clear that it could be arranged centrally and parallel to the top and bottom edges for a different padarrangement. In otherways the particular position of the structure and parts might be varied without departing from the essential charatcer 0f the invention. This character is pointedout in the following claims: 1 j

I claim:

1. A loose leaf pad holder comprising a sheet metal stand having a fiat pad supporting sur-' face outof whichthere is bent a pair of parallel downwardly extending ears forming, with the metal of the stand between them, a spring plate member of a ring binder loose leaf structure, said member being an integral part of the stand, said supporting surface having openings for binder rings, and toggle plates carrying binder rings which extend throughsaid openings, said toggle plates being assembled in said spring 11 downwardly extending ears forming, with the having a stiffening bead pressed out of the metal of the stand and running longitudinally in the metal between and parallel with the ears.

3. A loose leaf holder comprisingca sheet metal stand having an integral fiat leaf supporting surface on its top face and openings in said face for the rings of loose leaf structure to extend through when supported on the under side of the stand, toggle supports'carrying rings to extend through said openings and above said surface, and a spring plate operatively assembled with the toggle supports 'onthe under side of the stand, said springplate being formed as an integral part of the sheet metal that serves for the leaf supporting surface.

4. A loose leaf holder for desk use comprising a stand made out of a single sheet of stamped metal so as to provide an inclined flat support for loose leaf pads so their leaves can be transferred from one pad to the other and a loose leaf ring binder structure to hold such pads on the stand, said structure including rings, and toggle opening and closing means therefor, and a spring plate for the latter means, said spring plate being formed as a stamped part of and integral with said single sheet of stamped metal.

. 5. A loose leaf holder for desk use comprising a stand made out of a single sheet of stamped metal so as to provide an inclined flat support for loose leaf pads so their leaves can be transferred from one pad to the other and a loose leaf ring binder structure to hold such pads on the stand, said structure including;

rings, and toggle opening and closing means therefor, and a spring plate for the latter means, said spring plate being formed as a stamped part of and integral with said single sheet of stamped metal, the top surface of said spring plate part being substantially flat and in the plane of the inclined flat support and with the toggle mechanism mounted on the bottom side of the stand. v

' FRANK S. SCI-IADE.

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